Human organ, as covered by section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act of 1984, as amended, means the human (including fetal) kidney, liver, heart, lung, pancreas, bone marrow, cornea, eye, bone, skin, intestine (including the esophagus, stomach, small and/or large intestine, or any portion of the gastrointestinal tract) or any vascularized composite allograft defined in § 121.2. It also means any subpart thereof, including that derived from a fetus.
[78 FR 40042, July 3, 2013]
authority: Sections 215, 371-377, and 377E of the PHS Act (
42 U.S.C. 216,
273,
274f; sections 1102, 1106, 1138 and 1871 of the Social Security Act (
42 U.S.C. 1302,
1306,
1320b,
and; section 301 of the National Organ Transplant Act, as amended (
42 U.S.C. 274e); and E.O. 13879, 84 FR 33817
source: 63 FR 16332, Apr. 2, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 42 CFR 121.13